Within the next week, all eligible USPA members with valid e-mail addresses on file at USPA will be sent an e-mail requesting their participation in a proxy effort to make several changes to the way USPA currently runs elections for its board of directors.

At the USPA Board of Directors meeting this past February, the board voted to conduct a proxy effort that, if successful, will result in two changes to USPA’s election process: 1) extending future terms of board members from two to three years; and 2) eliminating the need for non-incumbent regional director candidates to obtain signatures of 10 percent of the members in their region before they can appear on a ballot.

Details and instructions to cast your vote online will accompany the e-mail. For members who do not receive this e-mail, there will be information and a proxy on the USPA website and in the May issue of Parachutist. Properly executed paper proxies can be faxed or e-mailed to USPA.